Edward POV
Deaf.
That brang back memories for me, and not all of them were exactly good.
Seeing Bella that morning was like seeing myself in a way, the way I was when I was human.
Yes, when I was human I was deaf.
I could hear nothing and therefore my family resented me, the town I lived in resented me and I was looked upon as an outcast. And up until I turned a certain age I never knew why. However when I was turned into a vampire I went from not being able to hear anything at all, to hearing extraordinarily. It was hard at first to have to go through and learn all of the sounds and noises that I had missed out on during my human life.
And now here I stand looking at a girl that I could very well understand. Understand her feelings, her position and what is going through her head, even though oddly enough I couldn't read it and I was finding it extremely frustrating.
And as if that wasn't hard enough her scent was also hard to deal with. Her blood was bringing out my inner most demons telling me to devour her right then and there, but I knew I could hold back. Her beauty alone was enough to make the demons go away and recoil at even thinking of doing such a thing to such a beautiful creature.
She seemed to be taken aback for a moment whilst looking at my car, then again all of the people who went here were.
She got out of the truck and once again her scent hit me full force. I started to walk toward her and was fully focused until I her 'what's the big deal anyway, she just a human that can't hear. It's not like she magnificently beautiful or something.' Rosalie. I wanted so bad to go over and whack her over the head or something for saying that Bella was not beautiful or special. Instead I turned my head to look at her and growled low enough for anyone around us not hear.
I felt someone bump into me and turned back to catch that person and keep them from falling, when I saw it was Bella. I smiled at her and put her back up properly, for a few moments she stared at me and then blushed. She bent down to get something from her coat pocket when her hands emerged with a notebook and I immediately put my hands over hers and after she looked up to my face "Hi my name is Edward and I'm guessing your Bella?"